Sec. 10.7. (a) The county fiscal body may adopt an ordinance to provide that the county assessor be reimbursed for certain costs incurred by the county assessor in defending an appeal under this chapter that is uncommon and infrequent in the normal course of defending appeals under this chapter. Costs include appraisal and expert witness fees incurred in defending an appeal.

     (b) The ordinance must specify:

Terms Used In Indiana Code 6-1.1-15-10.7

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appraisal: A determination of property value.
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(1) the appeal or appeals and why they are uncommon and infrequent;

(2) a detailed list of expenses incurred by fund and by parcel number; and

(3) that the county auditor will deduct the expenses listed in the ordinance from property tax receipts collected in the taxing district in which the parcel is located before apportioning receipts to taxing units for the next semiannual settlement under IC 6-1.1-27.

     (c) Property tax receipts that are collected under this section must be deposited in the county fund that incurred the initial expense.

     (d) Expenses for an appeal that are deducted from a civil taxing unit’s property tax revenue under this section are not considered to be part of a payment of a refund resulting from an appeal for purposes of a maximum permissible property tax levy appeal under IC 6-1.1-18.5-16.

As added by P.L.180-2016, SEC.9.

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